and London, one of
the foremost of European mathematicians; as the leader of classical
studies, Professor Gildersleeve, then of the University of Virginia; as
director of the Chemical Laboratory and of instruction in chemistry,
Professor Remsen, then of Williams College; to organize the work in
Biology (a department then scarcely known in American institutions, but
here regarded as of great importance with reference to the future school
of medicine), Professor Martin, then of Cambridge (Eng.), a pupil of
Professor Michael Foster and of Professor Huxley; as chief in the
department of Physics, Professor Rowland, then holding a subordinate
position in the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, whose ability in this
department had been shown by the contributions he had made to scientific
journals; and as collegiate professor, or guide to the undergraduate
students, Professor Charles D. Morris, once an Oxford fellow, and then
of the University of the City of New York.
The names of the professors in the Faculty of Philosophy, from 1876 to
1890, are as follows, arranged in the order of their appointment:
1876 BASIL L. GILDERSLEEVE, LL. D _Greek_.
1876 J.J. SYLVESTER, LL. D _Mathematics_.
1876 IRA KEMSEN, Ph. D _Chemistry_.
1876 HENRY A. ROWLAND, Ph. D _Physics_.
1876 H. NEWELL MARTIN, Sc. D _Biology_.
1876 CHARLES D. MORRIS, A. M _Classics, (Collegiate)._
1883 PAUL HAUPT, Ph. D _Semitic Languages_.
1884 G. STANLEY HALL, LL. D _Psychology._
1884 WILLIAM H. WELCH, M. D _Pathology_.
1884 SIMON NEWCOMB, LL. D _Mathematics and Astronomy_.
1886 JOHN H. WRIGHT, A.M _Classical Philology_.
1889 EDWARD H. GRIFFIN, LL.D _History of Philosophy_.
1891 HERBERT B. ADAMS, Ph.D _Amer. and Inst. History_.
1891 WILLIAM K. BROOKS, Ph.D _Animal Morphology_.
The persons below named have been appointed associate professors,--and
their names are arranged in the order of their appointment:
1883 HERBERT B. ADAMS, Ph.D _History_.
1883 MAURICE BLOOMFIELD, Ph.D _Sanskrit and Comp. Philology_.
1883 WILLIAM K. BROOKS, Ph.D _Animal Morphology_.
1883 THOMAS CRAIG, Ph.D _Mathematics_.
1883 CHARLES S. HASTINGS, Ph.D _Physics_.
1883 HARMON N. MORSE, Ph.D _Chemistry._
1883 WILLIAM E. STORY, Ph.
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